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Rwandan Callixte Mbarushimana sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. Mbarushimana appears at the ICC for a hearing to establish whether the evidence against him is strong enough to merit a trial. He is accused of links to a rebel group blamed for atrocities in Congo. Jerry Lampen/AP

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor holds a copy of the Constitution before a recitation of preamble, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Sept. 17 marks the 224th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Matt Rourke/AP

A visitor touches a 220 kg (485 lbs.) gold bar, worth around $12.8 million at today's price, on display at the Jinguashi Gold Ecological Park in Xinbei City, Taiwan. The Jinguashi Gold Ecological Park said the gold bar is Taiwan's largest. Pichi Chuang/Reuters

Gene Wilde (l.) a Texas Tech professor of aquatic biology, and research assistant Aaron Urbanczyk sort through minnows, looking for endangered fish from the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River in a rural area just west of Sagerton, Texas. A team from Texas Tech and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are collecting two species of minnows from the shrinking waters of the West Texas river that has stopped flowing due to the worst drought in decades, therefore, impeding the fish's ability to spawn. LM Otero/AP

Aprilia 125cc rider Nicolas Terol of Spain takes a curve during the second free practice at the Aragon Grand Prix at Motorland race track in Alcaniz, near Zaragoza. Albert Gea/Reuters

A rainbow appears over Citizens Bank Park between baseball games in a doubleheader between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Florida Marlins in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum/AP

Roger Federer of Switzerland gestures during his Davis Cup World Group play-off tennis match against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in Sydney. Daniel Munoz /Reuters

Malaysian students wave their national flags during Malaysia Day celebrations at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The country celebrates the holiday on Sept. 16 to commemorate the formation of the Malaysia Federation which was announced on the same date in 1963. Lai Seng Sin/AP

Workers labor to set up a giant lantern shaped structure near Mao Zedong's portrait on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Increasing numbers of Chinese are seeking to run as independent candidates in upcoming local elections and are smacking into daunting obstacles as the ruling Communist Party tries to tamp down any threat to its monopoly on power. Ng Han Guan/AP

Members of the Maher Elloh family watch Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on television inside their living room in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. Abbas said Friday he would ask the Security Council next week to accept the Palestinians as full members at the United Nations. Bernat Armangue/AP

A boy looks out from his porch in Corail-Cesseless, a displacement camp on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Haiti's government is focusing on redeveloping the countryside to relieve strain on its over crowded capital. Officials are hopeful that the lure of new jobs and housing will help to evenly distribute the country's population. Swoan Parker/Reuters

New Zealand All Blacks Ma'a Nonu dives across the line to score a try during their Rugby World Cup Pool A match against Japan at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand. Ross Land/AP

A girl runs across a flooded road as water recedes in Puri district, about 34 miles from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar. Aerial food drops were suspended after five days Friday as flood waters began to recede in the Mahanadi delta in Orissa state. At least 26 people died and 12 others went missing during the devastating floods which affected people in 19 districts of the state, official sources said. Biswaranjan Rout/AP